About Julia
Julia Griffin is senior coordinator of digital video at PBS NewsHour where she oversees the daily production of video content for the organization’s website and social media platforms. She is also the lead producer of the NewsHour Shares broadcast series.
In her time at NewsHour, Griffin has covered scientific discoveries, artistic achievements, natural disasters, foreign conflicts, economic losses and gains, battles on Capitol Hill and presidential campaigns. She studied marine biology, psychology and dance at Duke University, has a master's degree from U.C. Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management and is an alumni of the NBA’s Washington Wizards’ dance team. Griffin and her family live in Virginia.
Julia’s Recent Stories
Science Mar 14
Deep dish or New York style? How pi can solve your pizza orderMath can solve your eternal questions of ordering pizza and explain why folding your pizza is always the strongest move.
Science Jan 18
Giant ice disk forms in Maine river, enthralling residentsIn our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, an unusual phenomenon has appeared in a river in Westbrook, Maine: A giant ice disk that spans about 100 yards across and spins counter-clockwise. The disk is a natural although uncommon occurrence…
Politics Jan 04
The many ways the shutdown is stopping vital services and researchAs the shutdown enters a possible third week, it is furthering straining thousands of furloughed federal workers who have gone without pay.
Health Jan 01
Forget the crash diet. These 6 New Year’s resolutions are better for your healthThese ideas can improve both your physical and emotional wellbeing in 2019.
Arts Dec 28
Not much lives in the Dead Sea — but this artist’s work comes out of itThe Dead Sea is about 10 times saltier than the ocean and nearly devoid of life. In summer, temperatures surrounding its southern basin regularly top 100 degrees. Yet it serves as studio for Israeli artist Sigalit Ethel Landau, who submerges…
Science Dec 17
How long do cold and flu viruses stay contagious on public surfaces?These pathogens don’t actually last for days or weeks outside the body, but you should still be proactive in protecting yourself from their spread.
Science Nov 26
WATCH: NASA’s InSight lands on Mars after 6-month journey through spaceThe first NASA lander to explore the interior of another planet successfully landed on Mars Monday.
Nation Nov 23
How plogging turns an ordinary workout into a ‘treasure hunt’After moving from a Swedish ski resort to Stockholm, Erik Ahlstrom noticed a lot of litter during his daily bicycle commute. So he decided to do something about it. In 2016, Ahlstrom began organizing groups to pick up trash while…
Science Nov 14
Climate change has intensified hurricane rainfall, and now we know how muchHurricane Harvey wasn’t an outlier. A new study reports that climate change intensified the rains of other recent cyclones by between 4 and 9 percent.
Science Oct 19
How the Smithsonian helped the FBI in the case of stolen ruby slippersConservators put the FBI’s slippers through a battery of scientific tests. Their conclusion? These weren’t just any pair of heels.
